Rosenthal

Andrew Rosenthal, who will be replacing Gail Collins as the editorial page editor of the New York Times at the end of the year, says he hopes to make more use of the paper's website.

Rosenthal, currently deputy editorial page editor, says the arrival of the internet is as much of a challenge for the editorial page as it is for the rest of the newspaper, writes Editor & Publisher (via MediaBuyerPlanner). "I'd like to be a little bit more reactive and quick to react to events online. We'd like to look at ways we can use our online opinion pages to start conversations," he is quoted as saying.

But he doesn't intend to cause major upheaval or alter the main focus of the pages. Since 2001, the section has expanded heavily onto the web, including its first-ever online only columnist. The Times has also implemented TimesSelect, which requires readers to pay for access to the paper's popular online columnists.